[1st verse:] Singing is a part of ev'ry creature Ev'rybody likes to hum a tune Let me be your little singing teacher I've prepared your lesson You can learn it soon [Refrain:] Strike a key and begin with do Do re mi and the rest you know One, two, three, come along, let's go Climbing up the scales Oh, what fun going up and when That's all done you go down and then Ev'ryone should begin again Climbing up the scales A tenor or a soprano Can try it on a piano Strike a key and begin with do Do re mi and the rest you know One, two, three, come along, let's go Climbing up the scales [2nd verse:] In this very ordinary chorus There's an old effect that never fails So we'll ask you to do something for us While we sing the chorus You go up the scales
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